Hat-fastener.



A. O. SETHMAN.

HAT FASTENER.

APPLICATION TILED JULY 11,1913.

1,084,758, Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

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UNITED STA ES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW O. SE'IHMAN, OF EAST BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TOFBIANCIS,A- SHEA, OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAT-FASTENER.

Specification of lLetters Patent.

1,084,758. Patented Jan. 20. 19114. Application filed July 11,1913. Serial No. 778,464. To all whomc'tmayconcern: ed to enter. the hair when said hat-holding member is in operative position. These arms 2 and 3 are shown as secured to a head L which constitutes ahandle by which the hat- Be it known thatiI, ANDREW O. Snrrronm, a citizen of the United States, and resident of East Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts,have invented an 1m roveholding member can be operated. The hat- 6O ment in Hat-Fasteners, of which the ollowholdingmember may be made of metal, ing description, in connection with the accelluloid or any other suitable material. companying drawing, is aspecification, like have herein shown it as made of wire, and characters on the drawing representing like each armis formed fromia piece of wire bent partg to make a loop. This particular construc- This invention relates to bat fasteners of tlon is not essential, however. that type which are secured to the inside of The tubular guidingmember is shown at the hat, and are provided with hat holding 5, and it will preferably have relatively unmembers that are adapted to be insertedinto y lding walls. It may be made of metal, th h i f h ldi th h t th Hat wood, fiber. celluloid or any other suitable fasteners f thi t are d i d. t b material. It is provided with an aperture d i th place f h t i f h ldi 6, through which the hat-holding member ladies hats on their heads. can reciprocate. This tubular guiding mem- Th bj t f my i ti i t id ber is secured to, and is entirely inclosed by a novel h t f t f thi t hi h i the attaching member above referred to, so t t d th t n parts th f, hi h which I preferably make of fabric. are li bl t b ht. i vth h i are f ll The attaching member is of special cont t d, d so th t it can b vet-y dil struction designed not only to furnish means tt h d t any h t; for attaching the hat fastener to the hat.

I ill fi t d ib a l t d b di t l but also to provide a protective covering for of invention fr n vhich the pttl'tS lll \VlllCll the hall \VllllllO llilble t0 thereof will be readily Seen, d 111 th become entangled. This attaching member i t t th novel f t f th i ti is herein shown as comprising two layers 7 in the appended claims. and S of the fabric (velvet making a good R f i t th dr wi Fi 1 i {1, fabric for this purpose) between which the S5 ti l i w f a h t h vi y im d guiding member 5 is received, and said two fastener secured therein, two such fasteners layers will preferably be connected together being shown, one in its operative, and th by stitches 19 or otherwise, at the upper edge th i it i ativ iti Fi 2 i 9, and will be provided with an opening an enlarged view of the hat fastener, and at said upper edge through which the hold taken on substantially the line w-m, Fi 4 mg member '1 extends. The two layers 7 Fig 3 and 4t ar side views of th hat f and 8 forming the attaching member extend tener showing the hat holding memb i below the lower end of the guiding member different positions, Fig. & having a pa -t in 5 a considerable distance thereby to form section to better illustrate the construction, protective wings 11, and these wings Will Fig. 5 is a section on the line y -y, Fig. 3. preferably be disconnected from each other.

My improved hat fastener comprises a hcse protective wings 11 have sufficient exguiding member, a forked hat-holding memtent so that when the hat-holding member ber slidaloly mounted in the guiding memis in its operative posit-ion as shown in Figs. her, and an attaching member of special con- '2 and l, the head i thereof will be confined struction which has not only the function of between the wings ll. Said wings thus conproviding means for attaching the device to stitute a means for covering the head -;land a hat, but has the further function of acting protecting it from becoming entangled in as a protective covering for the guiding the hair. Moreover they provide a protecmember, the head of the hat-holding memtion for the lower end of the guiding member and other parts in which there is liabilher 5 and thus prevent any liability of the ity of catching the hair. latter being caught in the hair. Further- The hat-holding member is shown genermore the upper edge 9 of the attaching memally at 1, and has a forked construction preber overlies and covers the upper end of the senting the two arms 2 and 3 that are adaptguiding member. Since the attaching mem- 1 ber is made of some soft yielding material such as fabric it will be seen that when the hat fastener is in use and the hat-holding member is in operative position, there will be no projecting parts presented in which the hair can be caught.

To prevent the hat-holding member from being withdrawn from the guiding member, I employ a stop member in the form of one or more stitches 12 which extend through the opening in one of the arms 2 and 3 and are secured in the upper edge 9 of the attaching member. The guiding member may be secured to the attaching mem ber in any suitable way. The drawings show a guiding member having perforated wings 13 which are received between the layers 7 and S of fabric, and which may be secured to the fabric by stitches 14 passing through the perforations in said wings. Any other way of fastening the member to the attaching member might be employed, however, without departing from the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A hat fastener comprising a guiding member having relatively unyielding walls, a forked hat-holding member slidable through said guiding member and provided at one end with a head by which it can be moved in the guiding member and an at- I protective wings, and a which protect said head and guiding member from being entangled in the hair.

2. A hat fastener comprising a guiding member, a forked hat-holding member slidable through the guiding member and provided at one end with a head, one arm of said hat-holding member being slotted, an attaching member formed of two layers of fabric between which the guiding member is confined, and to which said member is secured, the said layers extending below the lower end of the guiding member to form stop member secured to the upper edge of the attaching member and extending through said slot.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW' O. SETHMAN. W itnesses LOUIS. 0. SMITH, THOMAS J. DRUMMOND.

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